Plastic bronchitis: A management challenge

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-169

  Eberlein, Michael H ^a   Drummond, Michael B ^b   Haponik, Edward F ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial casts; Hypersecretion; Mucus; Plastic bronchitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; MACROLIDE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 39149122191     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318068b60e     Document Type: Article

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